1It turns out that Venezuela's petro is hard to spot almost anywhere.
2Reuters' hunt turned up little evidence of a thriving petro trade.
3The hunt turned up little evidence of a thriving petro trade.
4U.S. President Donald Trump in March banned Americans from buying or using the petro.
5Trump has history here; he previously banned US organisations from doing business using Venezuela's petro.
6What is clear is that the petro does not trade on any major cryptocurrency exchange.
7The only exchange that has publicly discussed plans to list the petro is India's Coinsecure.
8Reuters spoke with him briefly on the sidelines of a petro event in Caracas last week.
9Analysts are skeptical of Maduro's claims that the petro has already brought in billions in hard currency.
10The petro was supposed to help his administration weather the hyperinflation that has rendered the bolivar all but worthless.
11Critics decry the petro as simply a way for the cash-strapped government to issue debt without being constricted by U.S. sanctions.
12Reuters had to map Ayacucho I with GPS software using coordinates published by the government as part of the petro's creation.
13Venezuela has pledged those reserves as backing for a digital currency dubbed the "petro," which Maduro launched in February.
14But the U.S. Treasury last week warned that Americans engaging with the petro could still find themselves in violation of those sanctions.
15At the Ostian Way crossroad, Petro posted his men on traffic duty.
16I decided to hitch up Nero and meet Petro with transport home.